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Posted by Ken Newcombe on Fri Oct 31, 2003 7:20 pm

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The third week of May, last year at Pt. Pelee the Indigo Buntings were conspicuous and plentiful though rather ragged. Cloned some branches.

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by Jill on Fri Oct 31, 2003 7:52 pm
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Very nice Indigo, Ken, despite his shagginess! Fabulous new avatar!!!
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by Jim Urbach on Fri Oct 31, 2003 7:53 pm
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Ken,

You're a little hard on this bird. I like the clean BG. My only nit is how whitish is the lower portion of the beak which can readily be darkened.

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by Greg Downing on Fri Oct 31, 2003 8:15 pm
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Nice, clean shot, which isn't easy there. The bird is having a bad-feather day! If you had gotten lower you may have been able to eliminate some of the stump behind the bird. The only indigo bunting I ever got there was in the worst spot!
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by E.J. Peiker on Fri Oct 31, 2003 9:01 pm
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A gorgeous bird, a few weeks erlier he would have really looked great. Very nice shot!
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by Steve Sage on Fri Oct 31, 2003 9:25 pm
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Very detailed image of some of his subtler colors as well as the bright indigo against the green. Much closer than I've been able to get of these so far.
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by AlexC on Fri Oct 31, 2003 9:32 pm
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Ragged or not, a wonderful colorful bird!!!, Sweet indeed!!! 8)
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by mhp767 on Fri Oct 31, 2003 9:34 pm
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Awesome detail and color, love the pose. Did you clone branches out along a straight line below and to the right of the bird? There is a vertical transition between gray and brown there that looks very weird.
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by Bill Whala on Fri Oct 31, 2003 10:07 pm
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I think the shagginess gives him personality. :)
Nice composition. a little lower would improve, IMO.

Very nice!!
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by Alan Murphy on Fri Oct 31, 2003 11:01 pm
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Awesome photo Ken, Awesome Avatar.
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by Laura Stiefel on Fri Oct 31, 2003 11:12 pm
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A really great bird (if a bit scruffy) and photo. I think this is excellent!
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by Wayne Ellis on Fri Oct 31, 2003 11:20 pm
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Ken,

Congratulations I thought you must of used several flash until I read the techs.
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by Rich S on Sat Nov 01, 2003 6:41 am
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E.J. Peiker wrote:A gorgeous bird, a few weeks erlier he would have really looked great. Very nice shot!
And a few weeks earlier you would have had to travel another 1000 miles to see him! :) Love the iridescence of the feathers.

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Maybe ragged, but still beautiful. The colors are incredible!

I really like the avatar, too, great choice!
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Cool bird, great colors and details! I like the way the bird is all fluffed up and I agree with the comment about it giving him personality. I also agree with the comments about getting a little lower. It's great as is though.
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Scruffy...yeah but this guy is still beautiful. I'd take any open shot like this of one of these that I could get.
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by Anthony Medici on Sat Nov 01, 2003 11:23 am
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I would be very happy with this. :D Interesting Avatar. :wink:
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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Sat Nov 01, 2003 12:17 pm
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Ken,

Nice shot. Love the open beak. I would be happy with an image of this species in any plumage.
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by Juli Wilcox on Sat Nov 01, 2003 4:04 pm
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Awww. What a sweet little bird. Hope you got a lot of this beastie. If you cloned in front of the bird, you might want to redo that as the straight line there sort of halts the eye.
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by Harvey Edelman on Sat Nov 01, 2003 6:38 pm
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Beautiful little bird in spite of the bad hair day. The angle is a bit high but still nice.
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